If there ever was a real EMP event…
WB
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Saturday, September 30, 2023, 17:33 (1036 days ago)
Does that mean those electronic gun safe locks will be disabled? My big safe has a dial (I ordered it that way). But I inherited one with that stupid push button lock.
Just got me to thinking.
*humor photo of my Uncle’s tool chest at my shop.
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There have been EMP events in the past.
Jim Taylor
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Sunday, October 01, 2023, 06:21 (1036 days ago) @ WB
In 1859 a massive solar flare hit the earth. It burned out telegraph lines and caused fires in telegraph offices.
In 1962 Starfish Prime was a US high-altitude nuclear test launched from Johnston Atoll. It caused a large EMP that hit Hawaii, about 900 miles away from the detonation point, knocking out about 300 streetlights, setting off numerous burglar alarms, and damaging a telephone company microwave link. The EMP damage to the microwave link shut down telephone calls from Kauai to the other Hawaiian islands. Three satellites in low Earth orbit were disabled. In 1968, it was reported that some Starfish electrons had remained in the atmosphere for 5 years.
The Russians also had a strong EMP that destroyed much of the power grid in the area of the detonation. At least one electrical generating plant was destroyed. The blast was from the largest nuclear device ever set off in the atmosphere.
There have been other EMPS .. not so large .. from solar flares.
So those electro safes are going to stay locked.
WB
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Sunday, October 01, 2023, 09:21 (1035 days ago) @ Jim Taylor
Something to think about. I never have liked them.
WB, if we have a serious EMP attack
Winnturner48
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Sunday, October 01, 2023, 10:32 (1035 days ago) @ WB
your extra gun safe will be the least of your worries. Read "One Minute After".
The book is currently fiction,maybe prophesy,but it portrays the aftermath of an attack. It is brutal. Every person on life support in hospitals dies quickly. Every diabetic has a death sentence. Then,human nature takes over. Gangs etc.
Put your tactical stuff in your dial safe. Prepare yourself for pioneer life.
You have goats, you and yours will fair well.
Sorry I missed the HHC.
A really good book. There are 2 after that now.
Jim Taylor
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Sunday, October 01, 2023, 10:53 (1035 days ago) @ Winnturner48
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I read " One Year After " all scary
Winnturner48
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Sunday, October 01, 2023, 11:18 (1035 days ago) @ Jim Taylor
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We have 11 safes here in the gun shop, and in our number 2
colleen reeder
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Monday, October 02, 2023, 13:08 (1034 days ago) @ WB
building and the #3 building. 2 are the electronic safes, the rest are dial. So far no problems. If the battery gives out, supposedly the electronic section will hold the combo in memory while you put a new battery in.
2 of the safes I have if you remove the electronic
Darryl T.
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Monday, October 02, 2023, 14:12 (1034 days ago) @ WB
Keypad there is a keyhole there. You can open it in case of failure.
Sure if you have the fail key! Mine just had wires
WB
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Monday, October 02, 2023, 17:11 (1034 days ago) @ Darryl T.
I inherited it and a unhanded soul changed the combo. I contacted the manufacturer, filled out some proof forms, and sent notorized documents to get a “master code”. It still won’t accept my programming to change it. Sometimes it’s more than just guns in our safes. I tried magnets and some other tricks too previous to getting the master code.
I have the keys safely hid. But not locked up!
Darryl T.
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Tuesday, October 03, 2023, 02:32 (1034 days ago) @ WB
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